Monasteries of the Heart is a new form of Benedictine life for our time. It is a monastery “without walls” — it unites individuals and groups by Benedictine values not necessarily geographic location and provides individual seekers a monastic website for spiritual sustenance and personal growth.

355 East Ninth St. Erie, PA 16503
info@monasteriesoftheheart.org
Phone: 814-459-5994
Director: Anne McCarthy, OSB

Inner-City Neighborhood Art House
The Art House provide classes in the visual, performing and literary arts to at-risk children in Erie in a safe, nourishing and caring environment.

Director: Kelly Stolar, CFRE
201 E. 10th Street, Erie, PA 16503
Phone: 814-455-5508

Benetwood Apartments
Monastic hospitality is offered to low income, elderly, and handicapped persons at Benetwood Apartments. Located on property adjacent to the monastery, the low-rise, 75 apartment building is a government subsidized non-profit facility administered by the community.

Manager: Wendy Wallace
641 Troupe Road, Erie, PA 16511
Phone: 814-899-0088

Emmaus Ministries
The Emmaus Soup Kitchen provides food, presence and dignity to the poor of Erie through a soup kitchen that serves 1,500 meals a week; an after school Kids Cafe program that offers a home-cooked meal and recreation opportunities to 70 children a day; a food pantry that distributes 30,000 food bags per year and a women’s advocacy program.

Director: Valerie Luckey, OSB
345 East Ninth Street, Erie, PA, 16503
Phone: 814-459-8349

Located in our former high school, Saint Benedict Academy in downtown Erie, SBEC offers intensive case management, academic remediation, job readiness preparation, job development and job placement assistance for 300 people each year.

Director: Nancy Sabol, MA, Oblate
330 E. 10th Street Erie, PA 16503
Phone: 814-452-4072

New website coming. In the interim please call or email: 814-452-4072 or info@stben.org

Saint Benedict’s Child Development Center was Erie’s first accredited early child care facility. A staff of 40 full and part-time teachers manages daycare, head start for migrant children, and infant care programs.

Director: Carrisa Kepple
345 East Ninth Street, Erie, PA 16503
Phone: 814-454-4514

Benetvision is a publishing ministry that encourages the development of contemporary spirituality from a feminist and global perspective through the works of Erie Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister.

Executive Director: Joan Chittister, OSB
benetvision@benetvision.org
Phone: 814-459-5994

Benedictines for Peace (BFP) carries the ancient quest for peace into contemporary times. As the peace and justice outreach of the Erie Benedictine community, BFP members advocate for nonviolence, social change, and justice by direct action, prayer, and bearing witness.
Coordinator: Anne McCarthy, OSB
345 East Ninth Street, Erie, PA, 16503
bfp@eriebenedictines.org